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I had to look that up.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pluton_(missile)

The Pluton came in replacement of the U.S.-built Honest John missile. It had an operating range between 17 and 120 km (11 and 75 mi), with a CEP of 150 m. This short range only allowed strikes on targets in West Germany or within France itself, which led to the development of the longer ranged Hadès missile.

Jesus christ. This has such strong “Germany, do your part” energy to it, and I find it wildly crafty and pragmatic. It clearly demonstrates that France didn’t want to (or couldn’t) position themselves as a “first strike” or retaliatory power, but rather just wanted to deter invasion from (or through) all their neighbor states instead. After everything that happened to France during WWII, I kind of get it.

I’d go with the Frog-Mouth. It hits different.

It also gets hit different.

Dude, I want you well rested and ready to fight at a moment’s notice. You get a whole bench if you want it. Hell, I’d even listen^1^ if you just need to vent; Joker has got be fucking exhausting to deal with.

1. It’s no superpower, but it’s what I can do.

Oh, how salacious! Next you’re going to tell us you have some scintillating photographs of your ankles stored someplace, perhaps?

With curious interest,

• D.W.C.

I’m watching Hell’s Paradise right now. It’s clearly done on a decent budget, but the animators are pretty good at knowing where they need to focus that cash. Meanwhile, the story is actually pretty good. For something like a Shonen-style power-system story, there’s a lot more going on than just flashy martial arts. I’m enjoying this one, and am surprised I haven’t heard of it before last month.

FWIW, its getting the TFS abridged treatment, so maybe that’ll boost its popularity a little bit.